The United States and Iran traded strikes for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Gardaí are continuing to seek a man in connection with the investigation into the murder of 43-year-old Jamey Carney.

Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU's climate monitor has said.

Police have been urged to intervene after a replica of a mosque was placed on top of a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone.

RTÉ executives are returning to the Oireachtas this morning, with an appearance before the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee.